astonished
Example Sentences
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As he bowled up Downing Street to start his new job, he joked to astonished reporters that it was "third time lucky".
From BBC
He has been astonished by the terror that has gripped the region.
From Barron's
He “converted his success at work straight into cash that he could lay on the table at home for the benefit of his astonished and delighted family.”
We look at each other, too astonished to speak.
From Literature
“Around this ‘ticker’ gathered and grouped a knot of eager, nervous, and anxious men,” wrote an astonished observer in 1880.
From Barron's
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